'Jacobson has a broad grasp of the history and the philosophical implications of the field of neuroscience...does an important service by enquiring deeply into the origins and philosophical implications of the underlying ideas of neuroscience.' Nature

• 1. Making Brain Models.- 2. Neuroreductionism.- 3. Struggle for Synthesis of the Neuron Theory.- 4. Hero Worship and the Heroic in Neuroscience.- 5. Ethics in Science.- References.

'Jacobson has a broad grasp of the history and the philosophical implications of the field of neuroscience...does an important service by enquiring deeply into the origins and philosophical implications of the underlying ideas of neuroscience.' Nature

• 1. Making Brain Models.- 2. Neuroreductionism.- 3. Struggle for Synthesis of the Neuron Theory.- 4. Hero Worship and the Heroic in Neuroscience.- 5. Ethics in Science.- References.

'Jacobson has a broad grasp of the history and the philosophical implications of the field of neuroscience...does an important service by enquiring deeply into the origins and philosophical implications of the underlying ideas of neuroscience.' Nature

• 1. Making Brain Models.- 2. Neuroreductionism.- 3. Struggle for Synthesis of the Neuron Theory.- 4. Hero Worship and the Heroic in Neuroscience.- 5. Ethics in Science.- References.